Rupert Atkinson

Rupert Atkinson (17 July 1896-7 March 1919) was a Captain of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) of the United Kingdom who scored 5 victories during World War I.

Biography
Rupert Atkinson was born on 17 July 1896 in Shanghai, China. In June 1914 he enrolled in Pembroke College, Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. Atkinson served with the West African Regiment in Cameroon after December 1914. However, he was later invalided and returned to Liverpool in 1916. In August 1916 he joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the air force of the United Kingdom. On 19 May 1918 he gained his first victory northwest of Roulers, flying a D.H.9 and shooting down a Fokker DR.I. He gained the Military Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross for his services during the war, but he died in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England on 7 March 1919 of influenza after the end of World War I.